Please crit my CV
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- jaylarson
Dear NT,
Please critique my CV/Resume when you got a few moments.
http://writersblood.com/pdfs/jay…
My goals are: conservative, simple, clear.
Thanks!
JayPS. I am having difficulty with the header and am looking for ideas.
- johndiggity0
i think the header is fine, my issue is with the dates listed down the right. put those in the experience section. the list is ordered chronologically anyway, so there's no need for them to be used as a callout. also, standardize your dating convention, ie fall '06 vs. september-october 2006. pick one, i'd say just year range for simplicity's sake.
with the extra space you'll gain you might want to shift that whole section a bit to the right. that will allow you to give a little more emphasis to your header area.
swap the experience section with the education section and lose the skills section too. it's really unecessary. people will see what you know from looking at your book. also open up the leading so it's not so vertically cramped. i'd also look into using space afters for each experience heading rather than a full return, to differentiate.
- Teeuwen0
more whitespace is needed though. text is a tadbit large imho.
header is ok. but give it more room.
- mayo0
My first impression was that it was a bit "heavy." maybe a little more white space would help? I agree with johndiggity about not calling out the dates so prominently.
- nocomply0
That's a lot of seriffed font to glance over at once.
Definitely needs more whitespace. I would move the address to the top-right and keep your name at the top left. That would open up more space to separate your job listings more.
I personally do not care for the curly brackets, but that's just me.
I think the main thing it needs is just more whitespace and you should be good. Also as someone else said keep your date listings uniform.
I like your skill listings the best. THat's the easiest thing to glance over, and that's what a resume is for!
- rasko40
too many typestyles/weights/sizes, too many thoughtless identations, creates a nervous eye. not enough para space, not enough leading, address floats hanging from nothing.
those are my immediate concerns, easy to sort that out.
- tenpointtwo0
Looks like you laid it out in Word. You need to control the hierarchy of information. Everything is competing for attention, which moves the eye around haphazardly, which makes it feel dense. Decide what you want your CV to say- experience is usually king so make it feel like it's important. I'm not thrilled with the font, but then again and a sans-serif kinda guy
- jaylarson0
Thanks JD. I never really worked with space-afters... cool. very subtle.
Education Experience. Good idea! Finally with near 2 years under my belt...
Mayo, hopefully with more leading and the removal of the right column, things'll open up... good idea
Teeuwen, which text did/do you find a "bit large"?
thanks again!
- xenicon0
close parantheses
- Teeuwen0
pretty much all..esp. the bold text looks heavy this way..
- jaylarson0
well. thanks NT. I stripped it down. put it in Scala Sans. Let me know what you think please:
http://writersblood.com/pdfs/jay…
peace
- johndiggity0
that's a much cleaner layout. while we're nitpicking, i'd bump your contact info down a point or 2 and move the entire header up a bit.
- xenicon0
em ph and web self evident
- jaylarson0
thanks jd & xenicon. peace.